Clothes-line hanger.



L. KALMANOVITS. CLOTHES LINE HANGER. APPLICATION FILED Arn, 1911.

1,043,604, l Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

COLUMPIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON D c ATTUR/VEYS l 4uniTED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

LOUIS KALMANOVITS, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., SSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF V'IO JULIUS ORWAN, OF NEW YQRK, Y.

CLOTHES-LINE HANGER.

To ali whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS KALMANoviTS, a Subject of the Emperor of Austria-Illingary, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county and State of New Yorlghave invented a new and Improved Clothes- Line Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rIhis invention relates to hangers for clot-lies lines and the like, and has reference more particularly to a device of this class, which comprises a pair of spaced plates, a roller journaled between the same and adapted to have a line pass around it, and a guide niovably mounted relative to the plates, and adapted to engage clothes pins or other projections or objects on the line, and to guide and maintain them in normal positions as they pass partly around the hanger, whereby the line is prevented from being displaced from the saine, as the line is supported at the clothes pins by the guides.

'Ihe object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong and durable hanger which is particularly useful in connection with clothes lines but can be also employed for other, similar purposes, which securely supports the line and permits it to be freely passed around the hanger with or without clothes or other articles attached to the line, which permits the line to hang or sag normally under the influence of its own weight and that of the articles depending therefrom, and which has means for preventing the line from becoming displaced in passing around the hanger, despite the fact that clothes or other articles are hanging from the line.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specilication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view showing three clothes line hangers constituting einbodiments of my invent-ion in use for supporting an endless clothes line; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of lone of the hangers; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the hangers.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 5, 1911.

any other support.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Serial No. 619,050.

Before proceeding to a more detailed eX- planatioii of my invention it should be clearly understood that notwithstanding that my hanger can be "employed for various purposes, it is particularly designed 'for use with clothes lines, and is especially advantageous for supporting clothes lines between poles or other suitable supports, and windows of buildings, so that the clothes can be attached to the lines at the windows, in the usual manner. Each of the hangers, however, permits the line to pass freely around the same, whether or not clothes are attached thereto, and thus the entire linel is available for the attachment of the articles. Certain of the details of construction, shown for example, herewith, form n0 part of the invention, and can be varied in accordance with individual preference and special conditions, without deviating from :the essence of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, each hanger comprises a pair of spaced 4plates 10 of substantially semi-circular form, and preferably fashioned from sheet metal.

The plates constitute the cheeks of the hanger and are rigidly secured upon a bar or pin 11, which is arranged at right angles thereto. The element 11 is extended and rearwardly and upwardly offset successively, and serves for attaching the hanger in any suitable manner to the wall 12, a post 13, or I have not shown any special means for attaching the hanger in position, as this forms no part of my invention, it being sufficient if the hanger is supported in some manner such that the plates 10 are arranged at acute angles with the4 horizontal, as clearly shown in Figz.

At the inside of each plate are projections 14, having outer faces 15 at angles with the planes of the plates suoli that when the plates are arranged in positions of normal angularity relative to the horizontal, the faces 15 are horizontal. I employ ro-llers 16 which are j ournaled by means of pins 17 or in any other suitable manner, between the projections 14:. The rollers are normally vertical, and are arranged to have the clothes line 1S pass aroundthem. Owing to the angular position of the hangers the clothes line can sag normally, assuming the usual catenary curve, under the influence of gravity. vWhen the line is permitted to sag in -them at the other side.

this manner it will be evident that it will pass more easily around the roller, and the frictional engagement of the line with the other parts of the hanger is reduced to a minimum.

I employ guides 19 with the hanger, each of which consists of three arms 20. Each arm has the end bifurcated and outwardly disposed, and is provided with a central hub having an opening 21, by means of which it is rotatably mounted upon the member 1l. Stops or keepers 22, secured to the member l1 permit the guides to rotate freely in position with the plates but hold them against movement longitudinally of the member ll. rl`he arms project beyond the edges of the plates as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. lWhen the line passes around the hanger and a clothes pin comes into engagement with a pair of arms, the guides move around the hanger until the clothes pin passes clear of Vhen the clothes pin comes into engagement with the edges of the plates as the line passes around the hanger, the line will be displaced from engagement with the rollers and will move to the edges of the plates. Consequently, it would be displaced from the hanger if it were not for the projecting arms of the guides, the lower one of which, at the clothes pin supports the line as the clothes pin passes along the rounded edges of the plates.

It will be understood that the line may be in engagement with two of the rollers, as shown in the hangers at the window 23. Where the runs of the line are more acutely disposed relatively to each other, as at the hanger mounted upon the post 13, the line may be in engagement with all three rollers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

Al. A device of the class described, comprising spaced plates, a roller j ournaled between said plates and adapted to have a line pass around it, and a guide rotatably mounted relative to said plates and adapted to engage clothes pins on the line, and guide the same around the device.

2. A device of the class described, comprising spaced plates, means for supporting said plates at an acute angle with the horizontal,

a roller journaled between said plates and arranged at an angle with said plates, such that said roller is normally vertical, said roller being adapted to have a line pass around it, and a guide rotatably mounted relative to said plates, and having arms projecting beyond the same and serving to engage the clothes pins on the line and guide the pins around the device.

3. A device of the class described, comprising spaced plates, means for supporting the said plates at an acute angle with the horizontal, and rollers journaled between said plates and arranged at acute angles with the planes of said plates.

4. A device of the class described, comprising spaced plates, means for supporting said plates at an acute angle with the horizontal, spaced rollers journaled between said plates, said rollers being arranged at acute angles with the planes of said plates, and a guide member associated with each of said plates, and rotatably mounted adjacent thereto, said guide members having arms project-ing beyond the edges of said plates.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a pair of spaced plates, spaced rollers journalcd between said plates, and a guide rotatably mounted adjacent to each of said plates and having arms projecting beyond the edges thereof.

6. A device of the class described, comprising spaced plates rigidly secured together, means for supporting said plates at an acute angle with the horizontal, spaced rollers journaled between said plates, said rollers being arranged at acute angles with the planes of said plates, and a guide member rotatably mounted adjacent to each of said plates and having arms projecting beyond the edges of said plates, said arms having the ends bifurcated and outwardly disposed, and said plates being substantially semicircular in form.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS KALMANOVITS. Witnesses Jol-IN K. BnAoI-rvoeni., PHILIP D. RoLLI-IAUS.

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